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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?
(a) To a hotel.
(b) To church.
(c) To a cafe.
(d) To the airport.

2. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Killing.
(c) Women.
(d) Driving.

3. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?
(a) The forest.
(b) The old mill.
(c) The reservoir.
(d) Downtown.

4. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Toughguy.
(b) Dimwit.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Snob.

5. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?
(a) He will be taken to Paris.
(b) He will be executed.
(c) Ari will bring him back to the church.
(d) He will be arrested.

6. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister does not recognize the man.
(b) That the Minister is running away.
(c) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.
(d) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.

7. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?
(a) Bank statements.
(b) Facebook posts.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Emails.

8. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Mid-60s.
(b) Late 30s.
(c) Early 50s.
(d) Late 70s.

9. What word does the Marlboro Man mispronounce while the Minister walks down the tarmac?
(a) Aloha.
(b) Adios.
(c) Bon Voyage.
(d) Ciao.

10. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) 3 years ago.

11. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?
(a) Please don't kill him.
(b) Please get out of the car.
(c) Please don't kill me.
(d) Please don't kill us.

12. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A club.

13. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?
(a) A schmuck.
(b) A conniving thug.
(c) Just a pretty face.
(d) A sly fox.

14. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Human nature.

15. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(b) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(c) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.
(d) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?

2. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?

3. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?

4. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?

5. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?

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